Monday 2nd October until Sunday 8th October

General Events

We are happy to welcome to Wellington College a group offive very talented students from the Paris Conservatoire of Music - the Quintette Monsolo - on Friday 6th October at 8:00 p.m. in the Old Gym. Samika Honda (violin), Mi-Sa Yang (violin), Sylvain Durantel (viola), Sietse-Jan Weijenberg (cello) and Remy Yulzari (double bass) will present a varied programme of music for string quintet, including Dvorak's String Quintet Op.77 and Britten's Simple Symphony. Tickets are £5 each and can be obtained from Reception (01344 444000) or theMusic School (01344 444201).This is an opportunity to see some very exciting string playing by promising young stars of the future.

As a WCA event, on Saturday 7th October, Martin Turner's "Wishbone Ash" will be performing live at Wellington at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are £15 for adults and £5 for students and tickets can be obtained from Reception (01344 444 000). This is the long awaited and much anticipated return to the live stage of Martin Turner - the definitive voice, creative force and founding member of British rock legends Wishbone Ash - with an exciting new band line-up. Fans can expect to hear a diverse range of material being performed, from classics of the rock era such as Argus, Pilgrimage, Wishbone Four, There's The Rub, New England and Just Testing to songs that have rarely been played onstage. Upon the formation of Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash, Martin said "Working with my new band has been an extremely rewarding experience on both a musical and personal level, with a positive vibe not unlike the early days of Wishbone Ash." We hope many of you will enjoy the experience.

We would also remind parentsthat on Saturday 7th October, there is no Leave Out for the fourth form on Saturday evening as they are all going to the Theatre in London. Half of the third form will also be staying in all weekend for an activities weekend.

There will be an OW Reunion on Saturday 7th October when more than 150 OWs of all ages,family and friends have accepted an invitation for the day. Proceedings start with the AGM of the OW Society at 11.15am in the new OW premises in Front Quad and are followed by Drinks in Great School at 12.15pm and a Buffet Lunch in Old Hall from 1.30pm. After lunch there is the chance to see Wellington present in action on the games field and to catch up with all the new developments of recent months. Tea will be served in the Cherry Court café from 3.45 p.m.

Also on Saturday 7th October, there is another Open Day for prospective parents. It will be our biggest ever with over 500 people due to attend. As the demand has been so strong, we are running an extra Open Day on Saturday 11th November. Unfortunately that too is fully booked, but we will announce future dayes very soon. If you are aware of anyone who might be interested in attending, please get them to contact the Registrar on 01344 444012.

The Chapel service on Sunday 8th October is a full school eucharist and parents of the Benson are invited to attend. The preacher is the Ven. Norman Russell, Archdeacon of Berkshire.

Sport

Saturday 7th October sees a busy sporting day with the girls' hockey teams playing both Downe House and Sevenoaks, the badminton team taking on Harrow andtwenty-one rugby teams taking on Marlborough.

Our congratulations to Jonathan Robb and Casey Ferguson on being selected for the Berkshire U16 hockey team.

This link will take you to the Wellington intranet where details of rugby sports' fixtures (team lists, pitch details, etc) can be found. For girls' hockey click here. To keep overall track on how the teams are doing click for rugby and for girls' hockey.

Further Ahead

On Thursday 12th October, there is the Upper Sixth Parents' Conference. The Master will talk to parents in the Theatre at 6.00pm. Parents will then have the opportunity to meet their son's and daughter's set teachers between 6.30pm and 8.00pm but, because some teachers need more time to see all their pupils' parents, some interviews may need to be between 5.30pm and 6.00pm and pupils will advise their parents where this is necessary. Pupils should draw up timetables for their parents after discussion with their teachers. Generally, the evening is meant to provide an opportunity for parents to meet their children's set teachers to discuss work and any outstanding UCAS concerns. Between 7.30pm and 9.00pm there will be a finger buffet supper for those parents and pupils who accepted the invitation, in the boarding House or at an alternative venue which will be advised to you by the Housemaster/Housemistress. Parents should have already received an invite and are asked to reply to Emma Browne if they have not already done so.

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This newsletter and the old ones are on the Wellington College website as is a version of the school calendar with details of all activities going on at Wellington for the rest of this term.
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